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Sunday, 10 April 2016

A to Z Challenge - I

The Blogging from A to Z Challenge is to post everyday (except Sunday) in the month of April 2016 starting with the letter A and going all the way to Z. The theme I chose is Genealogy Tips. At the end I will give a related post from my blog Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.

I is for Inventions

I never would have thought to look at invention patents to find my ancestors. That's not the kind of people we are. Ha! Was I surprised to find my 2x great grandfather was granted a patent for his method of making a secret pocket in trousers! Then I got another surprise. The paint and varnish company my grandmother owned hired a neighbour inventor to devise a way of making silk screen posters. You just never know where you are going find your ancestors hiding!

And more about toilet paper and the right way to hang it. Much easier to get it off if rolling forward however a wise farm mother of twelve would put it the other way when there were young children in the home. That way they couldn't easily unroll the whole thing when they used the outhouse. I have used the tip with our sons and grandchildren :D